Catalysis Science & Technology Blog

Read Aleix’s Emerging Investigator article ‘Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of the dry reforming of methane catalyzed by the Ru (0001) surface based on density functional theory calculations‘, DOI: 10.1039/D1CY02366G 1. How do you feel about Catalysis Science & Technology as a place to publish research on this topic? Catalysis Science & Technology is read by people from several backgrounds who sh…

The RSC is delighted to sponsor the 22nd Brazilian Congress on Catalysis, taking place on 25 -29 of September in Bento Gonçalves, Brazil! In celebration of the return of this event in person, we are delighted to announce that a number of Catalysis Science & Technology themed issues will be free to read for all from September 25 – October 15! - The free to read Catalysis Science & Technology colle…

Read Max’s Emerging Investigator article ‘FEFOS: a method to derive oxide formation energies from oxidation states‘, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00107E 1. How do you feel about Catalysis Science & Technology as a place to publish research on this topic? I find Catalysis Science & Technology to be an excellent journal to disseminate impactful research in the field of catalysis, from fundamental to more appli…

Read Bin’s Emerging Investigator article ‘Mechanistic insights into the conversion of polyalcohols over Brønsted acid sites‘, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00524K 1. How do you feel about Catalysis Science & Technology as a place to publish research on this topic? In this work, funded by the US National Science Foundation, a graduate student Quy Nguyen performed DFT calculations to investigate the dehydration…

Read Matteo’s Emerging Investigator article ‘Understanding the geometric and basicity effects of organic polymer modifiers on Ru/TiO2 catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons‘, DOI: 10.1039/D2CY01596J 1. How do you feel about Catalysis Science & Technology as a place to publish research on this topic? Catalysis Science & Technology is a journal with the most exciting, deep fundamental and …

Read Siwei’s Emerging Investigator Series article, “Chitosan-derived carbon supported CoO combined with CdS facilitates visible light catalytic hydrogen evolution“, DOI 10.1039/D2CY01962K. How do you feel about Catalysis Science & Technology as a place to publish research on this topic? As influenced by Prof. Ma Ding, my advisor, I have liked CST since I was a PhD student. I think CST is a high-i…

Read Ana’s Emerging Investigator Series article, ‘Soluble and reusable polymer-based catalysts with Brønsted and Lewis acidity for the one-pot synthesis of hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose‘, DOI: 10.1039/D2CY01619B 1. How do you feel about Catalysis Science & Technology as a place to publish research on this topic? Catalysis Science & Technology is a well-respected journal in our community; the…

Peter Deuss completed his studies at the University of Amsterdam, NL and thereafter joined the group of Paul Kamer at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK as a PhD student working on bioinspired catalysis. He obtained his degree in 2011, moving on to work on bioconjugation technology development at the MRC UK, Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge in the group of Mike Gait. In 2013, he…

Yi-Hsuan Lai grew up in Taiwan and obtained her BSc in Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in 2007 and her MSc in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2009. In 2011 she moved to the UK to pursue her PhD in solar water splitting in the Department of Chemistry at the […]

Esteban Mejía studied chemistry at National University of Colombia in Bogota, where he also obtained his master’s degree with focus in polymer chemistry. In 2008 he moved to Switzerland to pursue his PhD in homogeneous catalysis at the ETH Zurich under the supervision of Antonio Togni. In 2012 he joined the group of Matthias Beller […]

We are delighted to announce that Professor Bert Weckhuysen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief for Catalysis Science & Technology. Bert Weckhuysen received his Master degree in Chemical & Agricultural Engineering from Leuven University (Belgium) in 1991. After obtaining his PhD degree in Catalysis from Leuven University in 1995 under […]

    Catalysis Science & Technology, alongside Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Chemical Science, ChemComm & RSC Advances, were delighted to sponsor 5 Poster Prizes at The 8th UK Catalysis Conference.    Poster Prize Winners   Catalysis Science & Technology Shima Zainal, University of Manchester                          […]

Dr. Ludovic Troian-Gautier received his B.S. (2008), M.S (2010) and Ph.D. in chemistry (2014) from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB – Belgium) where he focused on the development of novel transition metal complexes for opto-electronic applications with Prof. C. Moucheron and Prof. A. Kirsch-De Mesmaeker. He then undertook post-doctoral research at X4C, a new […]

Dr. Luis M. Martínez-Prieto received his PhD degree in Organometallic Chemistry in 2012, working at the IIQ – “Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas” (Seville, Spain) on Ni and Pd pincer complexes under the supervision of Prof. J. Cámpora. He then moved to the LCC – “Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination” (Toulouse, France) for a postdoctoral stay […]

  Caroline E. Paul received her Honours BSc and MSc in Biological Chemistry at the University of Toronto with Prof. M. Nitz, and her PhD degree at the University of Oviedo in the group of Prof. V. Gotor with Prof. V. Gotor-Fernández and Prof. I. Lavandera on developing biocatalytic processes. After postdoctoral work with a […]

The Catalysis Science & Technology 10th Anniversary Symposium was held virtually 16-17 November 2021 and was attended by researchers from all areas of catalysis, from all over the world. The event showcased cutting edge research across all areas of catalytic science, and provided an opportunity for the broad catalysis community to come together in honour […]

Associate Editors Andrew Weller and Jinhua Ye have selected some outstanding recent research from Catalysis Science & Technology to share with you. Read now for free until 29 January 2022. Andrew Weller is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of York, UK. Prior to this, he was Professor of Chemistry at the University of […]

This year, we are celebrating 10 years of both Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances and we have taken this opportunity to celebrate together. Looking back over the last decade, we would like to showcase some of the very best articles that have been published in our journals. Many of these papers are highly […]

This year, we are celebrating 10 years of both Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances and we have taken this opportunity to celebrate together. Looking back over the last decade, we would like to showcase some of the very best articles that have been published in our journals. Many of these papers are highly […]

This year, we are celebrating 10 years of both Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances and we have taken this opportunity to celebrate together. Looking back over the last decade, we would like to showcase some of the very best articles that have been published in our journals. Many of these papers are highly […]